as elaine quijano reports, governor chris christie did not waste time. by wednesday he was fed up with the weight debate. >> she should probably be the surgeon general of the united states, i suspect, because she must be a genius. listen, this is just another hack who wants five minutes on tv. >> reporter: christie took offense to the cross-country diagnosis of do. connie mariano, a former navy admiral who served as clinton's physician. >> i'm a republican. i like chris christie a lot. i worry about him and want him to loseweight. i worry about the man dieing in office. >> my children saw that. and she said i'm afraid he's going to die in office. my 12-year-old son comes to me and says, dad, are you going to die? if she wants to come to new jersey and give an examination of me, i'll have a conversation with her, until then, she should shut up. >> i understand he called you today. can you state what you talked about? >> out of deference to him i'm not going to comment on that but i can only share with you that that phone conversation when i think of it, t